MATERNAL PROGRAM MANAGER -LABOR AND DELIVERY

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Mission Regional Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Mission Regional Medical Center is a 297-bed, non-profit hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient hospital services to the people of the Rio Grande Valley.

Rated one of the top hospitals in the country for clinical excellence in many services including maternity and orthopedic care, Mission Regional Medical Center has been offering quality healthcare, close to home, for over 60 years.

For more information visit www.missionrmc.org.

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Responsibilities

The Maternal Program Manager is responsible and accountable for the provision of maternal care, quality of nursing staff and the delivery of patient care during his / her shift.

• Has the authority and oversight for the provision of maternal services through all phases of care, including discharge and identifying variances in care for inclusion in the QAPI Plan and : (1) be a registered nurse with perinatal experience;
• 2) be a clinically active and practicing registered nurse participating in maternal care at the facility where program manager services are provided;
• 3) has the authority and responsibility to monitor the provision of maternal patient care services from admission, stabilization, operative intervention(s) if applicable, through discharge, and inclusive of the QAPI Plan;
• 4) collaborates with the MMD in areas to include developing or revising policies, procedures and guidelines; assuring staff competency, education, and training and the QAPI Plan;
• 5) frequently leads the maternal QAPI meetings and participates in Maternal Program Oversight and other maternal meetings as appropriate;
• 6) ensures that the QAPI Plan is specific to maternal and fetal care, is ongoing, data-driven and outcome based, including telehealth / telemedicine utilization, when used;

and (7) develops collaborative relationships with other MPM(s) of designated facilities within the applicable Perinatal Care Region.

The Maternal Program Manager may perform direct patient care within scope of practice and clinical competency to ensure patient safety and patient / nurse standard ratios;

he / she shall be temporarily relieved of Charge Nurse / Maternal Program Manager duties during such times by Director / designee and shall document details of same on patient care assignment record.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING 1. Current and valid state RN License.2. Current BLS (AHA) upon hire and maintain current.

3. Current ACLS (AHA) 30 days upon hire and maintain current.4. NRP (AAP) 30 days upon hire and maintain current.5. Previous supervisory experience, one to two years, in acute care hospital setting, preferred.

6. Minimum of one (1) year as a staff nurse in an acute care hospital, perinatal services.7. Advanced or AWHONN Intermediate fetal monitoring required 30 days upon hire and maintain current.

8. Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), preferred.9. Behavioral Violence Prevention (BVP) certificate within six (6) months of hire and maintain current. #LI-AG1